Wednesday, November 24, 2010

The International Screenplay Competition known as Scriptapalooza based in Hollywood, California yielded a plethora of diverse talent when they announced their 12TH Year Quarterfinalists on July 23, 2010. Here, below is one of those Personalities,

JIM FARINA

a resident of Palatine, IL whose Script, MARTIN EDEN has won 2 worthy cinematic awards in 2010. He is currently seeking representation for this and other projects.

Jim's Logline to MARTIN EDEN reads as:

Martin Eden is a working class sailor who pursues self-education and fame as a writer in order to gain the affection of a woman far above his class. Martin soon discovers that fame is not all it’s cracked up to be and is compelled to embark on one final voyage.

From Eden to Ebert, Jim definitely is the Personality behind 'The Story' that Roger Ebert may, wish and should interview for his new weekly half-hour film review program series kicking off in January of 2011 called: